| Location: | Grayson County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.58258, -81.09342 |
| dep_id: | 10080138 |
| mrds_id: | W031224 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Iron |
| Minor mineral: | Iron, Pig Iron, Titanium, Metal |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Goethite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Pyrrhotite |
| gangue: | Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | POD/LENS |
| Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Lynchburg Formation |
| hrock_type: | Schist |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Fries Fault |
| tectonic: | Orogen |
| References: |
- Deposit:: RANKIN, D.W., ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND NEUMANN, R.B., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.
- Deposit:: STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.
- Deposit:: 1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.
- Deposit:: 1972 GEOLMAP D.W. RANKIN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-A.
- Deposit:: DIREXPL DEPOSIT MINED FOR IRON.
- Production:: STOSE AND STOSE (1957, P. 188).
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